ZERO CABIN WASTE PROJECT
Treatment of Category 1 organic waste
One of the objectives of the LIFE Zero Cabin Waste project is to try an alternative treatment to the current one for Category 1 organic waste, that is, catering waste that comes from international flights.Currently [...]
The selective collection of waste developed by ZCW project, replicated in an AIR NOSTRUM flight
As presented in previous news, Iberia held a meeting with Air Nostrum (an airline of Iberia Group) to present them the Zero Cabin Waste project. During this meeting, Iberia presented the good practices developed by [...]
Training plan for separation on board
An essential part of the Zero Cabin Waste Project is the training of the Cabin Crew of Iberia to carry out the separation of waste on board and make possible the subsequent recycling of [...]
Implementation of separation on board on international flights
Since April 1, long-haul Iberia flights (flights with international destinations with a duration of more than 8 hours) have selective waste collection on board.The cabin crew has incorporated a series of good practices to classify [...]
LIFE Zero Cabin Waste Consortium Meeting
On Monday, March 25, a new follow-up meeting of the LIFE Zero Cabin Waste Project took place. On this occasion, the meeting took place at the headquarters of Ecoembes in Madrid and was attended [...]
Networking with Balearia
On March 20, during the training for the implementation of selective collection on the Balearia Regina Baltic ferry, Nieves Sanz from Ecoembes presented the Zero Cabin Waste Project, as an example of how to improve [...]
Latest modifications of the bucket for selective collection on board
On October 9, 2018, the separation of waste was implemented aboard Iberia's short and medium-haul flights, specifically 20 flights per day. For this purpose, there were 20 waste trolleys with a modified inner bucket with [...]
New bags for recyclable waste
After the classification of waste carried out by Iberia crew during the flight, the waste trolley arrives at Gate Gourmet facilities, where the staff removes the bags with the different waste. At this point, it [...]
Presentation of the Thesis Plan. “Life cycle analysis of cabin waste management in the aviation sector”
Gonzalo Blanca, responsible for the Life Cycle Analysis of catering waste management within Zero Cabin Waste, defended the Thesis Plan at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia on February 20 and was able to face the [...]
Participation in SETAC Europe 2019
From May 26 to 30, 2019 the SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting symposium is held in Helsinki under the motto One Environment. One Health. Sustainable Societies.SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) is a non-profit [...]
Treatment of the waste generated on board
The waste is separated in the cabin of Iberia aircraft in recyclable (packaging and paper) and non-recyclable (other waste), and unloaded in the catering of Gate Gourmet. The staff removes the two different bags of [...]
Scope of the Life ZCW project in Social Networks during 2018
The partners of the LIFE Zero Cabin Waste Project consortium use social networks like LinkedIn and Twitter to make the actions and advances of the project more visible.The publications with the most impact usually contains [...]